Crisp, clean, beautiful book with no bumps to boards and pristine pages. Only fault is former owner's name written neatly to top corner of dark green front free endpaper. Jacket is likewise pristine, has not been price-clipped, and is most handsome in brand nw mylar. This one's not a "fluff" book, but rather a serious accompaniment to the the author's previous book "American Windsor Chairs." Includes an amazing array of chairs alone, including barber chairs and seats for invalids, in addition to settees, benches, stools, and spinning wheels. Materil is presented by form first, and then by geographic region and pattern chronology from Pennsylvania through New York, New England, the South, the Midwest and Canada. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, some in color. 256 pages. Indexed. Measures 9-1/2" x12"